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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has the idea to tell the people of Chelm to stay in their houses?
(a) Lekisch.
(b) Tudras.
(c) Gronam.
(d) Shmerel.

2. What kind of food does Atzel think people in paradise eat?
(a) Meaty food.
(b) Hearty food.
(c) Rich food.
(d) Fresh food.

3. What symbol keeps appearing for the strange man in Grandmother's story while he is entertaining the children?
(a) Farkel.
(b) Gimel.
(c) Nun.
(d) Druin.

4. What does Atzel notice about the food in paradise?
(a) It is far too much to eat.
(b) It is always the same.
(c) It tastes different from food on earth.
(d) It makes him sleepy.

5. What is there NOT included in the room made to look like paradise?
(a) Food.
(b) A bed.
(c) Something to do.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chelm full of?

2. What vanishes with the strange man?

3. What color is Atzel's hair?

4. What does the strange man look like as he spins around in the house?

5. What animals appear as the strange man spins around in the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Elders decide to do during the next snow after seeing what happened?

2. What do the Elders see in the morning after Gimpel has delivered the message?

3. How does "Grandmother's Tale" begin?

4. How do the Elders decide to tell the people not to trample the snow?

5. What did the strange man who appeared in "Grandmother's Tale" look like?

6. How does Atzel feel during his own funeral?

7. What came into the house as the strange man called out after his real identity was revealed?

8. What do the children ask of their grandmother at the beginning of "Grandmother's Tale"?

9. What causes Atzel to change his ideas while he is in paradise?

10. What strange thing did the children notice while the strange man was playing with them?

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